HOME OF BULLDOG CROSS COUNTRY- 11 Combined SCIAC Championships

The University of Redlands women’s and men’s cross country teams placed sixth and fifth, respectively, at the West Region Preview Meet in Claremont on Saturday.

Redlands, along with 11 additional programs, tested out the course that will be used for the NCAA West Region Championships with the women running the 6K and the men competing in the 8K.

Senior Kelly Luck (Boulder, CO) paced the Bulldog women with a 24:28.00, placing 20th. Finishing right behind her was junior Katie Ostrinski (Riverside, CA), who covered the course in 24:29.67 for 21st.

Three additional female harriers donning the Maroon and Gray also placed among the top 50. Senior Stephanie Mera (Redlands, CA) crossed the finish line 24th (24:39.86), freshman Madison Smith (Redlands, CA) posted the 28th-fastest standard (24:47.57) and junior Heather Mayer (Spring Valley, CA) clocked a 25:29.14 to rank 43rd overall.

On the men’s side, junior Jeremy Kalmus (New Orleans, LA) kept up with the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) elite, turning in a swift mark of 26:46.50 for 15th. Sophomore Duncan Ashby (Goleta, CA) plowed through the course in 27:09.07, taking 23rd, while senior Jake Baechle (Aurora, OH) registered a 37th-place 27:42.46.

Redlands returns to action on Oct. 17 when it faces off against the other seven conference schools in the SCIAC Multi-Duals. The meet is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. in La Mirada.